Barndominium & Metal Building Builder in Hockley, TX

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Hockley is an unincorporated community about 18 miles from our Magnolia office, where northwest Harris County meets Waller County along US 290, SH 6, and FM 2920. It is still a place of larger lots, horse properties, and working tracts, even with growth moving west from Cypress and Tomball. That is where a metal building, a barndominium shell, or a move-in-ready home still fits the land.

Exteriors of Texas (EOT Builders) serves Hockley from Magnolia. Because the community is not a city, the first question on every job is which county the tract is in, and what that county requires before we break ground.

What we build in Hockley

  • Metal buildings for shops, livestock and equipment, and trailer storage, with openings and interior clear height set up for real ranch and workshop use.
  • Barndominium shells if you want the building closed in first and prefer to finish the living space later.
  • Turnkey barndominiums and custom homes when you want a finished, move-in-ready house under one agreement.

A common Hockley layout is a home and a separate shop on the same property. We plan both together — driveway, drainage, septic capacity, and setbacks — so the second building is not an afterthought.

Typical pricing

The numbers below are typical ranges. Design, site conditions, and finishes determine the actual bid.

  • Shell-only packages typically start around $50–$80 per square foot.
  • Move-in-ready custom builds typically run $130–$200 per square foot under roof.

Long drives off FM 2920 or a county road, new septic systems, a water well, and electrical tie-in are the usual cost variables here. Those items, along with land clearing, are not included in the per-square-foot price and are quoted separately from the tract, not from a corridor-wide average.

Building in Hockley: local considerations

Hockley has no city building department. Tracts on the Harris County side are permitted through the Harris County Office of the County Engineer. That office issues a residential development permit and reviews floodplain, platting, and driveway or culvert access. Drainage and floodplain status deserve a close look in this part of the county, especially on land that drains toward the Cypress Creek watershed. Harris County Flood Control District publishes development criteria for portions of that watershed, including areas upstream of US 290; the permit itself still comes from the county engineer, not from the Flood Control District.

Tracts on the Waller County side follow a different sequence. Waller County requires a 9-1-1 address before any other permit, then a residential building permit and, for most new county-road driveways, a culvert permit, all through the county’s permitting system. Septic permits and floodplain permits apply when the site needs them.

A Hockley mailing address does not tell you the county. We confirm it on the appraisal-district record and the survey before we draw a pad location.

How a Hockley project typically proceeds

  1. Request a quote at our contact page with ZIP, project type, size, land status, and timeline.
  2. Confirm Harris versus Waller County and walk the site for drainage, access, and utilities.
  3. File the correct county permits, including floodplain and septic when they apply, and a culvert or driveway permit if the entrance is new.
  4. Build the metal building, shell, or finished home.
  5. Walk the project with you and complete county close-out, including elevation documentation on floodplain lots.

FAQ

Is Hockley in Harris County or Waller County?
Both. The community straddles the county line. Your survey and tax record, not the postal city, determine which permit office we use.

I want a shop now and a house later. Can you phase that?
Yes. We can design the site for both buildings even if only the shop or only the shell is built first, so the driveway, drainage, and septic plan are not boxed in later.

Are you far from Hockley?
No. It is about an 18-mile, roughly 27-minute trip from our Magnolia office, typically by way of the FM 2920 or US 290 side of the area.

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